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The four sentences below, labelled 1-4, can be arranged in a logical order to form a coherent paragraph. Enter the correct order as a four-digit number (e.g., 2413).
1. Yet global honeybee colony losses have risen sharply over the past two decades, driven by a mix of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and parasitic mites.
2. Roughly one-third of the food crops humans consume depend, at least partly, on pollination by bees and other insects.
3. Researchers warn that without coordinated efforts to protect pollinator habitats and regulate harmful pesticides, this decline could translate directly into reduced crop yields and higher food prices.
4. This dependence makes the health of bee populations a matter of direct economic and agricultural concern, not merely an ecological curiosity.
1. Yet global honeybee colony losses have risen sharply over the past two decades, driven by a mix of pesticide exposure, habitat loss, and parasitic mites.
2. Roughly one-third of the food crops humans consume depend, at least partly, on pollination by bees and other insects.
3. Researchers warn that without coordinated efforts to protect pollinator habitats and regulate harmful pesticides, this decline could translate directly into reduced crop yields and higher food prices.
4. This dependence makes the health of bee populations a matter of direct economic and agricultural concern, not merely an ecological curiosity.
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Answer: 2413
Sentence 2 opens by establishing the fact of crop dependence on pollinators. Sentence 4 immediately follows up on that dependence ('This dependence makes...'), framing it as an economic concern. Sentence 1 then introduces the contrasting problem ('Yet... losses have risen'), and sentence 3 closes with the resulting warning about consequences. The chain of reference (2's 'dependence' → 4's 'This dependence'; 4's stakes → 1's 'Yet' problem → 3's consequence) fixes the order as 2-4-1-3.
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